Meaning
to rummage
- to search thoroughly or untidily through something, rummage, root around
In a sentence
Ho rovistato nello zaino per mezz'ora senza trovare le chiavi.
I rummaged in my backpack for half an hour without finding my keys.
Perché stai rovistando in quella scatola polverosa?
Why are you rummaging in that dusty box?
Non rovistare tra i miei documenti personali, per favore.
Do not rummage through my personal documents, please.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rovistare | infinitive |
| rovisto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rovisti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovista | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rovistiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovistate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovistavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rovistavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rovistava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rovistavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rovistavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rovistai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rovistasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rovistò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rovistammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rovistaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rovisterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rovisterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rovisterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rovisteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rovisterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rovisteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rovisti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rovisti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovisti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rovistiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovistiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovistassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rovistassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rovistasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rovistassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rovistaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rovisterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rovisteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovisterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rovisteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovistereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovisterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovista | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rovistiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rovistate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rovistando | gerund |
| rovistato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Typically takes 'in' or 'tra': 'rovistare nei cassetti' (to rummage in the drawers).
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.